Unit II: A Quarter Century of Revolution (1763-1788)

American Revolution

• U.S. History.org (Independence Hall Association) ***********
  • The Declaration of Independence
• The American Revolution Home Page (***********)
• The American Revlolution (H-Net) (************)
• The American Revolution.org (*****************)
• The American Revolution
• Three Cheers for the Red, White and Blue
• The American Revolution (About)
• American Revolutionary War Thematic Unit
• Guide to the American Revolution (ACCESS INDIANA Teaching & Learning Center)
• Colonial and Revolutionary War Links (Very Good)
• Liberty: TheAmerican Revolution (PBS)
• The American Revolution (H-Net)
• Famous Battles of the American Revolution
• Infoseek: The American Revolution (Links)
• American Revolution Sites on the Internet
• The War for American Independence (Excellent)
• American Revolution Navigation Tools
• Colonial USA: The Historical Text Archive
• Time Line -- America during the Age of Revolution, 1776-1789
• The American Revolutionary War Home Page
• 4th of July Page
• Flags of the American Revolution
• Connecticut, Sons of the American Revolution
• The David Library of the American Revolution
• User's Guide to the Declaration Independence
• The Price of Liberty
• Interpreting the Declaration of Independence by Translation
• Account of a Declaration (From the Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson)
• Liberty Bell Virtual Museum
• Account of a Declaration (Left Justified)
• The Declaration of Independence (USHistory.org)
• Painting of Signing of Declaration of Independence (John Trumbull)
• American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence (Pauline Maier)
• Conflict and Revolution 1775 to 1776 (The History Place)
• Declaring Independence (Drafting the Documents)
• Order in the Court (Williamsburg)
• Declaring Independence (Chronology of Events: June 7, 1776 to January 18, 1777)
• Account of a Declaration (From the Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson)
• Their Sacred Honor (The New American)
• Charters of Freedom (NARA)
• The Stylistic Artistry of the Declaration of Independence (Stephen E. Lucas)
• A Midwife's Tale (The American Experience)
  • A Midwife's Tale (Harvard)
• George III Letter on the Loss of the Colonies
• North Carolina Loyalists during the American Revolution
• Resistance to Revolution: Themes in the History of the American Revolution
• American Revolutionary War Timeline
• Michael Meals' "www.revwar.com"
• RevolutionaryWar Links
• The Revolutonary War/Program Overview  (Discovery Channel)
• American Revolution Discussion (Discovery Channel School)
  • Valley Forge
• Revolutionary War: A Journey Towards Freedom
• A Revolutionary Web Quest (***********)
• USHistory.org
• Is the Declaration of Independence a reasonable Document that Menaces Modern?
• Interpreting the Delcaration of Independence by Translation
• A Teacher's Guide to the North Bridge and Battle Road Units of Minute Man National Historical Park
• John Jakes Web Site Home Page
• A Capitol Fourth (PBS)
• American Revolution TV Theme (Discovery Channel School)
• A New Nation 1784 to 1790  (The History Place)
• Treaties of 1778 Between the United States and France
• Spain's Support Vital to U.S. Independence by Dr. Thomas E. Chavez
• Eighteenth Century Firearms
• A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: 1774-1873 (American Memory)
• AITLC Guide to the American Revolution
• Independence Day on the Net
• Maryland Loyalism and the American Revolution
• The First Combat Submarine
• Native Americans' War for Independence
• George Henry Hewes and the Meaning of the American Revolution
• The Revolutionary Experience (History Matters/College of New York)
• Images of the American Revolution (NARA)
• The Hessian Page
• The Burning of the H.M.S. Gaspee
• Currency Act of 1764
• Quebec Act
• Sons of Liberty: Patriots or Terrorists?
• Journal of the Continental Congress (1774-1789)
• Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer
• The Declaration of Independence (American History)
• Declaration of Rights of the Stamp Act Congress
• George Washington, Paul Revere, and Revolution Spies
• American Revolution Intelligence
• Intelligence and Spies Bibliography
• Revolutionary War Outline
• Journey into the Revolutionary War
• The Declaration of Independence (Virtual Museum of History)
• The Declaration of Independence (About)
• The Declaration of Independence (Our Documents)
• The American Revolution (Lessons)
• Foundering Fathers (History House)
• The American Colonist Library
• Perspectives on Liberty
• 4th of July/Independence Day
• The Declaration Of Independence and Your Own Rights
• Midnight Rider: A Paul Revere Virtual Museum
• The Paul Revere House
• Burial Site of the Third British Soldier
• The Revolutionary War: A Journey Towards Freedom
• The Revolutionary War: The America Colonies' Independence from England
• What is Rhetoric? Dialogue and Debate in Writing of the Revolution
• Studying the Declaration (About)
• Independence and Its Enemies in New York
• Liberty Online
• The Birth of a Nation
  • Pictures
• Minuteman, Private Eleazer Allen--(1754-1837)
• Patriots Day (American Experience)(Bernard Knollenberg)
• Freedom Trail
• The Growth of the American Revolution: 1766-1775 (Bernard Knollenberg)
• The American Revolution
• The American Revolution: An Enlightenment Project? (Brooklyn College Core Curriculum: The Shaping of the Modern World)
• Timothy Matlack
• Rebels with a Vision
• The American Revolution
• U.S. History.org
• The American Revolution Round Table
• People's History, Founding Myths, and the American Revolution
• HNN July 4th Articles
• American Revolution Center

Individuals

George Washington

• Put it on Washington's Tab (History House)
• Legends and Short Stories/George Washington: The Cherry Tree
• Washington Crossing the Delaware

Benjamin Franklin

• Benjamin Franklin (Glimpses of the Man)
• Benjamin Franklin, the Iroquois and the Rationale for the American Revolution
• Benjamin Franklin: A Documentary History
• Ben Frankin Timeline
• Ben Franklin (PBS)
• Benjamin Franklin: Glimpses of a Man
• The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
• The Franklin Institute Online
• The Electric Franklin
• Ben's Guide to U.S. Government
• The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
• Benjamin Franklin House
• Ben Franklin and the Armonica
• Benjamin Franklin, the American Renaissance Man (Think Quest)
• Ben Franklin Busybody
• Ralph Archbold as Ben Franklin
• The American Philosophical Society
• The Friends of Franklin, Inc.
• The Papers of Benjamin Franklin
• Ben Franklin Quotes
• Ben Franklin Quotesii

Paul Revere

• The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere: From History to Folklore
• The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
• Paul Revere Virtual Museum
• Paul Revere
• Paul Revere
• Sybil Ludington/The Female Paul Revere (Google)
• The Paul Revere House

Patrick Henry

• Patrick Henry (Orator of Liberty)
• Patrick Henry (Colonial Williamsburg)
• Patrick Henry
• Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death/Myth
• William Wirt

Thomas Paine

• The Thomas Paine Library (Liberty Online)
• Thomas Paine National Historical Association
• The Philosophy of Thomas Paine

Betsy Ross

• The Betsy Ross Home Page (I can't believe I'm including this!)
• Betsy Ross (About)

Molly Pitcher

• Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley
• The Story of Molly Pitcher

Nathan Hale

• Nathan Hale (American Memory/Today in History)
• Nathan Hale (Long Island History)
• Nathan Hale (Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution)
• A Time For Heroes -- The Story of Nathan Hale

John Adams

• The Adams Papers
• John Adams (David McCullough)

Miscellaneous

• Aaron Burr (Heroes of the Revolution)
• Collected Works
• The Two Burials of John Paul Jones
• The Adventures of Daniel Boone
• The Rise and Fall of Alexander Hamilton
• The USA Patriot Project
• Gunston Hall (Home of George Mason)
• George III
• Letter on the Loss of America
• Thomas Hobbes: A Short Biography
• Jonathan Dayton
• Thomas Nelson, Jr. (Sights Magazine, Yorktown)
• John Jay (Left Justified)
• John Hart (Patriot Project)
• Abraham Clark (Patriot Project)
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congres: 1774-Present
• James Madison: His Legacy
• Francis Marion
• Lord North
• George Grenville
• The Adventures of Colonel Daniel Boone
• Samuel Adams (American Patriot & Politician)
• Nathan Hale Biography
• Daniel Boone
• Ancestry of Daniel Boone
• Benedict Arnold (Military.com)
• The Road to Revolution (Game)
• Ethan Allen
• Washington Wrote a Letter to the Continental Congress March 24, 1776
• Mary Murray

Places

• Colonial Williamsburg
• Liberty or Loyalty
• Resources for Teachers
• Colonial Lexington
  • Today in History: April 19
• The Lexington Community
• The Battle of Lexington (Metacrawler Links)
• Lexington Commission 2000
• The Boston Tea Party
• Boston Tea Party Ship and Museum
• The Patriot Resource: The Boston Tea Party
• Boston Tea Party (The American Revolution)
• Histories of the Battle of Saratoga, 1777
• Fort Ticonderoga
• Fort Ticonderoga (Metacrawler Links)
• Philadelphia Historic District
• Boston Sites
• Boston (Historic Tours of America)
  • Boston Tea Party Ship and Museum
• The Illustrated Traveler (1760-1895)
• Valley Forge National Historical Park Home Page
• Historic Valley Forge
  • A List of Those Who Served
• Valley Forge Convention and Visitors Bureau
• Spy Letters of the American Revolution (University of Michigan)
• The Boston Historical Society
• Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Preservation Society
• Boston Historic Sites
• Home Page for Christ Church Boston (Old North Church)
• Grave of Christopher Snider (Boston Massacre)
• Crispus Attucks
• The Boston Society
• The Battle of Bunker Hill
• The Battle of Saratoga (***********)
• The Battle of Yorktown (Charlie Ginsburg)
• Battle of Trenton
• Maps and Charts of the American Revolution
• The Boson Massacre (American Memory/Today in History)
• The Boston Massacre (About)
• Battles of the American Revolution (About)
• Complete Resource on the Boston Massacre
• The Battle of the Battlefields
• Carpenter's Hall
• Why did the Sons of Liberty dress as Indians during the Boston Tea Party?
• Mohawks, Axes and Taxes
• Battles of the American Revolution (About)
• Boston Tea Party Ship
• Boston Massacre (Musket)
• Boston Massacre (Musketii)
• Boston Massacre (Virtual Library)
• Boston 1775

Constitution

• The U.S. Constitution and Fascinating Facts About It (Terry Jordan) (************)
  • About the Author
• ConstitutionFacts.com
• National Constitution Center (************)
  • Lesson Plan
• Constitution Society Home Page
  • Liberty Library of Constitutional Classics
    • Discources Upon The First Ten (Books) of Titus Livy To Zanobi Buondelmonti and to Cosimo Recellai (Niccolo Machiavelli, 1517)
• Charters of Freedom
• The Constitution Community (NARA)
• Heritage: Constitution, Declaration, Bill of Rights (LeftJustified)
• The Constitution of the United States (Its Sources and Application)
• The Constitution of the United States (U.S. Founding Documents)
• The Constitution of the United States (*Analysis and Interpretation)
• The Constitution of the United States (Cornell University)
• Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 (James Madison)
• Forgotten Founders (Native Americans)
• Constitution Day (NARA)
• Founding Fathers Return to Present Day
• History and the Founding Fathers
• Iroquois Confederacy Links
• The Federalist: Liberty and Limits (PBS)
• The Federalist Papers Online
• The Political Graveyard (The Founders)
• To Form a More Perfect Union
• The Electoral College: Then, Now, and Tomorrow
• Democracy in Action (PBS)
• Amendments not Ratified
• Library of Constitutional Classics (Documents)
• The Constitution "Poll" (1998)
• Founding Documents
• The Articles of Confederation
• Shays' Rebellion
• Shays' Rebellion and the Constitution
• Impact of Shays Rebellion on the Constitution
• The Federalist Papers (Library of Congress)
• Shays' Rebellion (About)
• The United States Constitution and Amendments
• The U.S. Constitution  (Table of Contents)
  • Amendments not Ratified
• Religious Freedom Home Page
• Religion and the Founding of the American Republic (Library of Congress)
• Liberty Library of Constitutional Classics
• The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
• Religion and the Founding of the American Republic
• The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution
• Why the Constitution?
• Mr. Charles Pinckney's speech, in answer to Mr. Jay, secretary for foreign affairs, on the question of a treaty with Spain (August 16, 1786)
• Constitution (the Document)
  • Amendments to the Constitution
    • Amendments not Ratified
  • How Our Laws Are Made
• The Constitution Center
• The Second Amendment: Gun Control
• Beard's Thesis
• The Institute for American Liberty
• The Land Ordinance of 1785
• Land Ordinance of 1785ii
• Shays's Rebellion and the Constitution
• Thomas Hobbes Quotes
• Listening to our Forefathers
• Why the Constitution?
• Guides and Directories of America's Founding Fathers
• The Men of the Constitution
• John Hanson, American Patriot and First President of the United States 1715-1783)
• George Washington Was Really Our NINTH President
• John Hanson
• The Constitution (Hyperlinks)
• The United States Constitution/Joseph A. Montagna (Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute)
• The Federalist (CSPAN Booknotes)
  • Lesson
• The U. S. Constitution Online
• The Bill of Rights Institute
• Web Lessons (Constitutional Rights Foundation)
• America's Founding Fathers: Delegates to the Constitutional Convention (NARA)
• Jonathan Dayton (1760-1824)
• Jonathan Dayton
• The Founders' Almanac
• National Center for Constitutional Studies
  • Founding Fathers
• 3 Branches of Government Resource Center
• Elbridge Gerry's Reasons For Not Signing the Federal Constitution
• Who did not Sign the Constitution (Ask Jeeves)
• George Mason: Father of the Bill of Rights
• Nature and Scope of Presidential Power (Creation of the Presidency)
• The U.S. Constitution Online
• THE NEW NATION: A History of the United States During the Confederation 1781-1789
• Constitution Finder
• Founding Fathers.com
  

Miscellaneous

• Colonial American Newspapers (1690-1776)
• Modern History - A Soviet Viewpoint (Revolutionary War)
• The Flag of the United States
  • History of the Flag (Metacrawler)
• The Institute for American Liberty
• Monarchs of Britain
• A Century of Law Making for New Nation (1774-1873)
• Liberty Online
• Happy Birthday, America!
• The Flag of the United States of America
• Dick Grogan's American Flag Home Page
• Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers
• U.S. Founding Documents (Emory University Law School)
• The Origins of the American Republic: A Revolutionary Newspaper
• Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
• William and Mary Quarterly
• Early Virginia Religious Petitions
• Divining America: Religion and National Culture
• Smithsonian Article on "The Patriot"
• The American Revolution (Jack Greene/The American Historical Review)
• Milestone Historical Events (*******************************)
• 18th Century Home Page
• The Independent Institute
• AV Distribution Services (American Revolution)
• The Patriot (Mel Gibson)
• The Future of the End of Democracy
• 18th Century History
• Archiving Early America
  • Explore The Amazing World of Early America
• History of the United States Flag (Metacrawler Links)
• US History.org
• Partisans and Redcoats
• U.S. Founding Documents
• What's Wrong with David McCullough's History?
• Granary
• Mother Goose

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